Igor Feodorovich Stravinsky
Born: 17th June 1882, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: 6th April 1971, New York
Nationality: Russian
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music.
Born to a musical family in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Stravinsky grew up taking piano and music theory lessons. While studying law at the University of Saint Petersburg, he met Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and studied music under him until the latter's death in 1908. Stravinsky met the impresario Sergei Diaghilev soon after, who commissioned the composer to write three ballets for the Ballets Russes's Paris seasons: The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913), the last of which caused a near-riot at the premiere due to its avant-garde nature and later changed the way composers understood rhythmic structure.
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Popular Genres: Stravinsky
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Popular Works: Stravinsky
- Apollon musagète (54)
- Ave Maria (31)
- Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (39)
- Chanson Russe (41)
- Circus Polka (55)
- Concerto for Piano & Wind Instruments (56)
- Concerto in D for string orchestra 'Basler' (37)
- Concerto in E flat for chamber orchestra 'Dumbarton Oaks' (38)
- Divertimento (transcription for violin & piano by Stravinsky & Samuel Dushkin from Le Baiser de la Fée) (33)
- Duo concertant (48)
- Ebony Concerto (32)
- Fireworks, Op. 4 (46)
- Jeu de cartes (37)
- L'Histoire du Soldat (38)
- L'Histoire du Soldat: Concert Suite (49)
- Le Chant du Rossignol (59)
- Les Noces (32)
- Octet for Wind Instruments (46)
- Oedipus Rex (31)
- Pastorale (43)
- Petrushka (115)
- Piano Sonata (1924) (33)
- Piano-Rag-Music (32)
- Pulcinella (37)
- Pulcinella Suite (67)
- Scherzo a la Russe (36)
- Serenade in A for piano (33)
- Suite italienne (78)
- Symphonies of Wind Instruments (56)
- Symphony in C (41)
- Symphony in Three Movements (71)
- Symphony of Psalms (84)
- Tango (67)
- The Firebird (180)
- The Firebird Suite (174)
- The Rite of Spring (326)
- Three Movements from Petrushka (125)
- Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet (41)
- Three Pieces for String Quartet (36)
- Violin Concerto in D (75)
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